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BAPTISM WEEK

 July 31, 2023

Hey, what's up, my beautiful people! I had another packed week, but to be real, I don't remember a lot of details to share, but I'll do my best to make this interesting, haha. 

On Monday, Elder Espinosa and I were a little rushed because we had a lesson with a member and a friend at 7 when p-day ended at 6:30. We run to this guy's house to get there on time just to find out he wasn't there because he had work. So, we take the open time in our schedule to teach a member. Then, we run down to our next lesson. Turns out a dude in her family had a heart attack, so she couldn't meet for long, but we were able to teach her a little before she went to the hospital, so that's good! After that, we ran home, cooked food, ate it, and went to sleep.

The next day didn't slow down a bit. We ran around the city to get everything ready for the baptism on Thursday. We also ran to lessons and had an awesome lesson with a member! We visited the family getting baptized and had a lesson with them and did their interviews. After that, we had taco night with them which made me super happy because tacos remind me of home even though these tacos weren't real, they were good, haha.

The next day was even more crazy because we got news about transfers in the form of a call from the Assistants to the President saying, "Umm, Elder Espinosa, you're out of here, and Elder Mergenthaler you will be receiving Elder Rojas! Good luck Elders." This then put us on edge because we weren't sure if Elder Espinosa was gonna be here for the baptism, but it turns out he was, so it was all good. 

Thursday was the baptism. It ended up being really cute and special for the family and also tons of people showed up, so that was another miracle for us!

We spent the last part of the week getting Elder Rojas settled and working. On Saturday, we were able to find 4 people in 1 day, which helped us complete our goal for the week, so that was epic!

I wish I had more to say, but really I don't, haha. I love you all so much and miss you much more!! 

Love, 

Elder Mergenthaler








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